Sami and Shiseith's Weyr

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"Elwee, give me the sponge!" Sami cried, while trying to bathe the blue dragon who had stolen her heart at her Impression. The little golden flit, however, thought differently of the great growing blue beast. She chittered loudly and then swooped over Sami's head. She dropped the sponge onto Sami's already-wet hair, and then flew off to rest on an outcropping nearby. "You just stay there!" Sami growled at the fire lizard. "See if I need your help with him..." But you do need her, Shiseith bespoke his rider. "Only for braiding my hair and causing heart attacks," Sami muttered, scrubbing her weyrling dragon's skin. The blue gave off a pleased, amused grumble.

At long last, Shiseith has grown to his full size! Though not impressive by some standards, the blue dragon was quick and considered very attractive by many in Talor Cliff. Perhaps because, finally, ElWee began helping Sami with the task of grooming him! Sami mounted up on the lithe blue, and surveyed the long drop to the floor of the weyrbowl. "You don't think one more sweep of the grounds could hurt, do you?" We have gone there several times before, I do not see why not. It will startle the runners there. An evil grin spread across Sami's face. "Good," she said. They buzzed the group of Talor's runners, but Sami heard more laughter than anything else when she looked back. For behind her, was one of the other dragons from the clutch that Shiseith had hatched! It was a giant brown, and she recognized him as M'rgan's Roketh. Roketh wants to race us to the Protectorate's border! Shiseith proclaimed, with a bugle. "He's not the only one!" Shouted Sami, as she saw Miia on green Raginth not far behind, also swooping over the gather grounds, but with some of the pretend 'thread' that they used while weyrlings to practice burning Thread in the skies. She scattered it over the heads of those on the ground, and Raginth winged up to join the other two. And Raginth thinks that I am quite handsome today! She knows the way to Alabaster better than I do, Sami. Shall we take our instructions from her? "Might as well, she's been there before." But you lived there too, didn't you? "I did, but Raginth has been there, you have not. Right?" With a trumpet and dip in his trajectory, Shiseith allowed Raginth to imagine their destination, and the three dragons disappeared from Talor, only to reappear moments later halfway around Pern! Their race not forgotten, Roketh and Shiseith beat their wings hard, and though Roketh was nearly three times the size of small Shiseith, the smaller dragon whipped through the air like a pro! They had come home!

Shiseith really wants to fly... Fly in a mating flight! Check the next page for his Talor Cliff Mating scene!

Background from Aesthetic Web Fire lizard from the Healing Den (click)